Last Game…Wilmer Difo drove in three runs and Drew Ward had a two-run double as Hagerstown topped the BlueClaws 11-6 on Saturday night at Municipal Stadium…After Lakewood scored four runs in the second inning to take a 4-2 lead, the Suns scored in the next five innings to complete a three-game sweep of the BlueClaws and improve to 7-0 against Lakewood.

Yankee/Met Week…The BlueClaws will play eight games this week against Charleston (Yankees, three games) and Savannah (Mets, five games with a Friday DH)…These are the only three meetings of the season against Charleston…Lakewood went 2-1 against the RiverDogs last year (in Lakewood) and 0-3 against the RiverDogs in 2012 (in Charleston)…Lakewood went 2-1 against Savannah to open the season and Friday’s DH is a make-up of a game rained out on April 6th.

Sweet Seven For Astudillo…Willians Astudillo has hit safely in seven straight games (12-25) and nine of the ten in which he has played (17-38 overall)…He leads the BlueClaws with six multi-hit games…He hit his first United States home run on April 14th against Greensboro…Astudillo, from Venezuela, hit two home runs in 2011 with the Venezuelan Summer League…Before missing last year with an injury, he struck out just 5 times in 148 at bats with the GCL Phillies in 2012 (2 Ks this year).

Cozens Party…OF Dylan Cozens hit his first BlueClaws home run and 15th professional home run on Friday in the first inning at Hagerstown…Cozens, a Phillies 2nd round pick in 2012, hit 9 home runs with Williamsport last year in the NY-Penn League…He is the fourth BlueClaws to homer this year, joining Willians Astudillo, Gabriel Lino, & JP Crawford.

Tocci Heating Up…After starting the season 5-40, Carlos Tocci is 11-22 over the last five games, raising his average from .125 up to .258…Tocci had two three-hit games with Lakewood last year and has three 3+ hit games already this year…The 18 year old from Venezuela is the 5th youngest player in the South Atlantic League and was the youngest last year when he opened the season at 17 (the youngest player in franchise history).

On The Season…The BlueClaws are 5th in the 14-team league in hitting at .249 (Asheville leads at .288)…Lakewood has the highest ERA in the league at 5.37, though they have the second fewest walks from their pitching staff at 42 in 130.2 IP.

Scoring Position…BlueClaws opponents are hitting .353 against the BlueClaws with runners in scoring position so far this year, compared to ,321 with runners on base and .250 against the lead-off hitter…With nobody on base, opponents are hitting .225 (65-289)…Over the weekend, Hagerstown went 22-52 (.423) with runners in scoring position.

Save Index…Cody Forsythe picked up the fourth save of his career (two w/ GCL Phillies last year) and his second of the year in closing Wednesday’s win against Greensboro…In both instances, he came into the game with the go-ahead run on base.

Lakewood – RHP Mark Leiter, Jr.

About: 23 year old, 6-0, 195 pound RHP from Forked River, NJ

How Acquired: 22nd round pick, 2013 from New Jersey Institute of Technology

Notes: Makes his fourth start of the year and first against Charleston…Gave up four runs in six innings last time out against Greensboro on Monday and earned his second win of the year…Two back on 4/9 at Greensboro threw a career-long seven innings in 2-1 loss…Started BlueClaws tenure with 25 straight scoreless innings, including 16 last year…Son of former big league pitcher Mark Leiter, Sr…Pitched in high school for Toms River North, 6.3 miles south of FirstEnergy Park.